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Donald Trump banned bump stocks, which mimic machine gun fire, after the 2017 Las Vegas massacre. Republicans now say they should be legal.
The senator, who is reportedly on Trump's short list for running mate, focused on fearmongering instead of facts during an interview on ABC.
"Why does it need to be legal?" asked Shawna Bartlett of the attachment which a gunman used to rattle off over 1,000 bullets in 11 minutes at the 2017 country music festival.
"This is not a hard case," the justice said in her dissent after the court lifted a ban on bump stocks.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Congress cracked down on machine guns nearly a century ago. They're making a comeback.
A ruling in Garland v. Cargill will determine whether civilians can freely buy rapid-fire bump stocks.
The justices will hear arguments early next year over a regulation put in place by the Justice Department after a mass shooting in Las Vegas in 2017.
Slide Fire Solutions wants money from shooter Stephen Paddocks's estate to settle a class-action suit against the company. But assets are set to go to victims.
Jeff Kasky, whose son survived the high school shooting, wants reasonable safety controls on these weapons of war."
The president had called for the devices to be outlawed following several mass shootings.